Okay, for the next three chapters, including this one, they will be focused on particular tamers and such. For example, this one is about Henry and Kori's battle. and yeah. etc. lol. Please R&R!
Disclaimer: Digimon Tamers (c) Yukio Kaizawa
Claimer: Everything else (c) me
Chapter Ten: Part One: Henry and Kori
It was the middle of the night, and Henry silently slept in his chair, Terriermon on his lap. Patamon and Gatomon were cuddled up against their tamer, sleeping to her calm heartbeat.
All of a sudden, Terriermon, Patamon and Gatomon were jolted awake to a presence of a newly bio-emerged Digimon.
"Henry!" Terriermon exclaimed.
He blinked open his eyes. "W-What? What's wrong Terriermon?" he asked quietly. Then as if in response, his Digivice began to beep while emitting a red light, as did Kori's on the table.
"A Digimon," Patamon replied, "One of Serena's."
Gatomon's fur bristled. "On the roof there's one. And there's another two on the opposite sides of Shinjuku. We can't reach all three in time."
"We have to call up the other tamers and get them to help," Henry suggested.
"No need," Patamon interrupted, "Gatomon and I have sort-of 'borrowed' Kori's powers to send telepathic messages to the other Digimon. Usually we would not do this without her permission, but we have no choice under these conditions."
"You can do that?" Terriermon piped.
They both nodded.
"Come on, let's go," Henry announced, standing up. Then he paused as his eyes fell over Kori's sleeping form. "I'll keep you safe, I promise," he whispered, kissing her on the forehead before he and the Digimon left the room.
"To the roof!" Gatomon exclaimed, running on all fours.
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When they arrived, the cold temperature and surrounding ice cave triggered the memories of both Terriermon and Henry.
"I-Impossible…" Henry breathed.
Then suddenly, the memory of Guilmon's dizziness flashed into their minds.
"Remember me, boys?" a voice laughed.
They all looked to see a floating ice devil-looking Digimon with red eyes glaring at them.
"IceDevimon," Terriermon hissed, "The Champion Fallen Angel Digimon."
"Y-You're alive," Henry stammered, "But how?"
"Thank Serena for bringing me back," the Digimon retorted, summoning a black aura, "and also thank her for the strengthened power."
Gatomon growled and poised her claws, eyes narrowed. "What do you want?"
"Well… I was here to get revenge on my precious tamer Rika, but since she's not here, the rest of you will do," he returned, "Oh, and also, there's someone else I'd like you all to meet. So… meet my tamer. I think you know her quite well."
All of a sudden, a dark light appeared in the ice beside IceDevimon, and a certain black-haired girl floated from it, wearing a pure black floor-length dress with elegant white satin ribbons. Her golden eyes were blank and she stared at them. Her bandages were gone and there were no traces of her previous wounds.
"K-Kori?!" Henry exclaimed.
"What did you do to her?!" Patamon shouted angrily.
IceDevimon wrapped his wings around her, and cackled evilly. "If I was told correctly, a certain DemiDevimon visited you earlier and attacked her with one of his ridiculous Demi Darts. Well… Serena added both a healing potion plus a controlling potion within the dart, and therefore, Kori is mine."
"She's not your tamer! She has us!" Gatomon yelled furiously.
With deadly grace, Kori waved her hands around in patterns and blades of both water and air began to head towards the group.
"Boom Bubble!" "Lighting Paw!" "Terrier Tornado!" All three of their attacks warded off the elements, and harmlessly disappeared into the air.
"Kori! You've got to wake up! Don't you remember us?!" Henry cried.
She suddenly summoned a huge wave of water from the ice, and threw it towards them.
"NO!" Terriermon exclaimed, leaping in front of Henry.
Henry's Digivice glowed, and Terriermon digivolved into Gargomon, who blasted the water apart.
With no warning, Kori's own Digivice glowed and both Patamon and Gatomon digivolved to Angemon and Angewomon.
"Kori! Wake up! Can't you remember?!" Angewomon shouted.
"Try to remember! We're your friends! Your partners!" Angemon added.
She blinked, and her eyes refocused to land on her partners and her friends. Apparently the light from the digivolution got her back to her senses. She could feel her knees about to buckle underneath her, and she could sense that IceDevimon had not figured out that she had broken free from the controlling.
"Attack them!" IceDevimon ordered.
At an attempt to help her friends, Kori raised her hands, summoning a huge ball of water.
"Kori! Don't listen to him!" Angemon called, "Don't you remember us? You've got to remember your light!"
She winked at them, and they all understood instantly, then she whipped around and launched the water bomb onto IceDevimon, who got caught in the middle of it and she froze it instantly with a cold chill of wind.
"Don't worry guys, I'm back," Kori reassured, beginning to walk over to them, careful not to trip on the ice.
"What a relief," Henry sighed.
"Are you okay, Kori? Did he hurt you?" Angewomon inquired worriedly.
She shook her head. "No, I'm fine."
All of a sudden, the ice ball exploded, knocking them all to the floor. IceDevimon appeared unharmed, and he was laughing.
"So… you weren't under my control after all," he chuckled at Kori as she struggled to get up onto her arms, "Stay a while, why don't you?" As he said this, ice began to encase Kori's feet, clawing up her legs.
"Kori!" Henry exclaimed, running over to her.
"We've got to do something before she turns into a human Popsicle!" Gargomon exclaimed.
"But there's nothing we can do without hurting her," Angemon reasoned, "But we can defeat IceDevimon, or at least break his concentration! Then the ice should stop!"
Henry scrabbled at the ice inching up Kori's legs, and he found that he could not help her break free. "Kori," he whispered desperately, clenching her cold hands desperately in his, "Hold on, I'll get you out… somehow."
Her eyes fluttered as she had hit her head against the ice after the explosion. She gently laid her head down against the cold ice and weakly stared at Henry. "Y-You've got to get out of here," she whispered, "If you keep on holding on to me, you'll get entrapped too."
Henry ignored her pleas and pulled out a Modify Card from his pocket and slashed it through his D-arc. "Digimodify! Heat activate!"
A thin red outline could be seen on Gargomon, and he quickly went over and laid his arm gauntlets on the ice ensnaring Kori's legs, but the ice did not melt.
"Hand of Fate!" Angemon directed the blast towards IceDevimon, and the Digimon flew out of range, and the ice around Kori's legs stopped.
"It's working!" Gargomon shouted.
"Avalanche Claw!" IceDevimon furiously flapped his wings, causing needles to fly into the ground, causing the visibility in the area to be zero-visibility.
All of a sudden, Henry heard a few quick wing beats, and suddenly he could make out the form of IceDevimon heading towards them with one sharp claw poised. "Frozen Claw!" He knew who that attack was directed for, and he shielded her with his own body. Pain crashed into him as he felt the claws rip into his back, drawing blood. He collapsed next to Kori, feeling pain every time he moved his back.
"No…" Kori whispered as she saw the blood soaking into his orange vest. She knew that he had protected her, and placed one of her hands on his chest, while the other was still gripped tightly in his. As her hand made contact, healing power began to flow from her into his body. She could feel her body growing colder.
Henry's grey eyes drooped close from the loss of blood and the pain. He could feel himself falling unconscious as he felt some warm light numb the pain. Kori, please, he thought, You don't have to do this. As he opened his mouth to repeat his words, darkness overtook him.
Kori's eyes closed as she fought the exhaustion, but she knew she couldn't let him die. More or less lose anymore blood. She sighed as she went unconscious, but her cold hand never left his chest. The ice had continued to crawl up her body and threatened to encase her in an ice tomb.
Meanwhile, Gargomon, Angemon and Angewomon had no idea what their tamers condition was through the thick icy fog.
"Henry! Kori! Where are you?!" Gargomon shouted.
"They've got to be around here somewhere," Angewomon murmured.
"Wait… is that blood I smell?" Angemon pointed out, beginning to twirl his Angel Staff so fast that it split the fog and it soon disappeared.
All three Digimon gasped as they saw their tamers. Henry and Kori lay side by side, holding hands. Four bloody claw wounds could be seen on Henry's back, though the wounds seemed to be healing quicker than expected.
"Henry!" Gargomon exclaimed desperately.
"You'll pay for what you've done!" Angewomon shouted, stringing her bow. "Celestial Arrow!"
IceDevimon dodged the arrow as it imbedded itself into the ice wall behind him. "Heh, let's see how well you can fare without your tamers," he said.
All of a sudden, Kori's body burst into light, and four streams of light shot straight into the sky outside the ice dome. As her body settled again, it seemed as if nothing had ever happened.
"What just happened there?" Gargomon inquired.
"We'll worry about that light later," Angemon retorted quickly, "Come on, we've got to save our tamers."
"Angemon, Gargomon, keep him distracted. Make sure he's vulnerable," Angewomon ordered.
Immediately, Angemon and Gargomon split up and began to attack.
"Gargo Lasers!" Gargomon began to shoot lasers at IceDevimon, who blocked the shots with his wings.
"Hand of Fate!" Angemon aimed the concentrated beam and it hit the centre of IceDevimon's back, leaving him vulnerable.
"Heaven's Charge!" Angewomon clasped her hands together and a huge pink light in the form of a cross flew through the air and impacted IceDevimon.
The Fallen Angel Digimon screamed as he began to turn into data. Afterwards, an eerie silence fell upon them.
"Um… is it just me, or is something not right here?" Gargomon implored.
Angemon looked around. "The ice hasn't disappeared yet."
A cackle rang through the air, and IceDevimon reappeared in view, emitting a black aura.
"B-But that's impossible!" Angewomon gasped, "We got rid of you."
"That's what you thought," the Digimon retorted, "You can't get rid of me that easily. Remember, I have all the power from the data I absorbed, as well as the dark power given to me by Serena."
"We've got to combine our strength," Angemon shouted to the others.
"Avalanche Claw!" IceDevimon decided to aim his ice spikes towards the unconscious Henry and Kori.
"NO!" Gargomon yelled, jumping in front of them.
Instantly, Henry's Digivice burst into light, and it engulfed the rabbit Digimon, just as the spikes impacted and cause the small area to be covered in whiteness.
"Gargomon digivolve to… Rapidmon!"
As the snow fog cleared, Rapidmon appeared unharmed, as did Henry and Kori.
"Whew, that was a close one," Rapidmon commented.
"Are you okay?" Angemon implored.
Rapidmon nodded. "Right as rain." Then he looked at the unconscious tamers, "They're safe too."
"Think again," IceDevimon declared, "As long as I'm here and your tamers are unconscious, they'll never be safe. Speaking of which…" He snapped his fingers, and the ice continued to crawl over Kori's body. The ice had already near reached her mid-torso, wrapped around her like a cold deathly blanket.
"We've got to do something, quick!" Angewomon exclaimed, "Or else Kori's going to become a Popsicle in a few minutes!"
"But what can we do?" Rapidmon demanded desperately.
"We have to try and destroy IceDevimon," Angemon replied.
"Wait a minute!" Angewomon exclaimed, "I got it!" Then she caused a huge pink space bubble above her. IceDevimon was paralyzed on the spot. "Aim your strongest attack in there!"
"Rapid Fire!" "Hand of Fate!" Both attacks disappeared and Angewomon exclaimed, "Celestial Charm!" And a stave of pink light plunged from the bubble and hit IceDevimon!
"Urk!" he gasped, "NOOO!!!!" Then he disappeared into data and all the ice on the rooftop vanished, revealing a stunning night sky, stars twinkling brightly.
All three Digimon de-digivolved and rushed to their tamers' sides. They found Henry's back clear and unscathed, no traces of the previous wounds, and Kori's body was cold. Gatomon and Patamon pressed against their tamer's side tightly, trying to warm her.
"Come on, Henry, wake up!" Terriermon nudged Henry in concern, but no response came.
"Kori, wake up," Patamon murmured.
Her golden eyes slowly opened. "Patamon?" she mumbled. She sat up, a hand on her head.
"Kori, you're alright!" Gatomon exclaimed, and she and Patamon tackled her into a giant hug.
She smiled. "Of course." Then her eyes fell upon Henry beside her and worry set itself into her eyes. She gently shook his shoulder. "Henry, come on. Wake up," she chided, pulling him onto her lap. She kissed him gently and let calm healing power flow into his mind at the touch.
His grey eyes opened and stared at her. "Am I dead? Or is this a dream?" he inquired.
Kori chuckled, "You're alive, if that may so count."
"Henry!" Terriermon exclaimed, ferociously hugging him.
Kori gently patted Gatomon and Patamon on their heads, smiling at Terriermon. "Good work, all of you. You defeated IceDevimon on your own without me and Henry's help. I'm proud of you," she complimented warmly.
They got up onto their feet and stared into the stars. A warm breeze blew by, and Kori's dress blew around her shoes.
"Thank you, Kori," Henry said, "You saved my life by healing me."
She shook her head. "You saved my life first, remember?" she countered.
He wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her close to him. In response, she rested her head on his shoulder.
A few minutes later, Kori's cell phone rang. She pulled it out of her dress pocket and picked up.
"Hey Rika. I take it you've handled the other Digimon?" she said, "Just a lucky guess, I suppose. Yeah, we've handled the one on our end. Yep, uh huh, no problem, 'kay, see you." And hung up.
"They've handled it?" Patamon implored.
She nodded. "Takato and Jeri called Rika to call us to confirm that all wild Digimon has been eliminated. Ryo was with Rika and they handled it together," she explained. And so hopefully their relationship has grown, or else Ryo's going to find himself to be one heartbroken teen, she thought silently.
Henry suddenly pulled her close into his arms. "I love you, Kori. With all my heart, I love you," he murmured, burying his face into her hair.
"Love you too," she replied, leaning towards his embrace.
After a moment, they pulled away.
"Come on, let's get some decent sleep," Gatomon said, "I really could use a nice long catnap."
"I'm tired too," Terriermon agreed, "It would be nice to get some sleep."
They headed back down to the hospital room, where Kori laid down on the bed. Henry lay behind her, his arms around her, her head on his chest. The Digimon lay comfortably on the chairs, already asleep.
"I'm actually starting to like this dress now," Kori commented, "Even though it was for the occasion of an attempt to destroy the ones I love."
"It is pretty though," Henry said, pulling up the sheets over them, "What will you say if the nurses ask?"
"I needed to get some fresh air and so I changed into this. After I came back I told you I was cold and you offered to sleep against me to keep me warm," she made up, cuddling closer to him.
"Hmm… smart. Good night, Kori," he whispered, closing his eyes with a smile.
"Night, Henry," she murmured back, shutting her own golden eyes.
Okay, so, that's it for this chapter!
Next time/chapter: Rika and Ryo
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